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Waste Bowl

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1760

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.98

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 2

DescriptionThis is a 'L'amour' and 'Comédie Italienne' Pattern Waste Bowl. Printed in black on the front with a scene by Robert Hancock from an engraving by C. N. Cochin fils after J. A. Watteau depicting a gallant kissing the hand of his sweetheart beside him on a settee before another lady observing amidst garden statuary. On the reverse with a lady playing a guitar for her admirer seated beside her in a formal garden, and on the sides with a statue of a warrior or a ruin in a landscape, the interior with a bird in flight above two swimming swans beneath a black enamel line around the rim.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II